[NOTE: these terms are weaponized language, & meant to give offense . Which is the whole & compleat & total & entire point of insult & invective, obscenity & blasphemy, & other political speech.]
RUSSIAN: Русский военный корабль, Иди на хуй.. — Russky voyenny korabl, Idi na khuy. ‡
‡) Lit., “Russian warship, Go sit on a dick.” — i.e. & e.g., but not ibid: “Russian warship, Go fuck yourself.”
[NOTE: As commemorated by a Ukrpostal postage stamp, this was a morse code signal sent by the Ukrainian garrison at Snake Island when a Russian warship turned up & demanded that they surrender. This response, delivered in morse code & by middle finger salute, has been commemorated by the Ukrainian postal service, in the bigget selling stamp since Finland issued those cheeky Tom of Finland stamps.
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